I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Adam Kokesh, a Republican candidate for the 3rd Congressional District seat, signed onto the Contract From America, a play off the 1994 Republican Contract With America created by Newt Gingrich. This initiative is from the tea party movement, including groups like the Tea Party Patriots, Freedomworks and the Heartland Institute.
The Contract From America has ten major proposals calling for limited government.
“Finally there is a document that describes ten concrete solutions that we can all agree would move us in the right direction,” said Kokesh. “I applaud the organizers and creators of The Contract and hope to see it catch on and flourish.”
The ten principles were voted on by the public, with “Require each bill to identify the specific provision of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to do what the bill does” leading the way with 82 percent of the votes from the public. Repealing the recently passed health care reform bill was in the top-ten, but was somewhat surprisingly at number seven.
Kokesh will face Tom Mullins in the Republican primary on June 1. The candidate that emerges from that primary will face incumbent Ben Ray Luján in the general election in November.
